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→Enabling dual-boot
* At the moment, with all LiveUSBs removed, I was able to boot into F17 only. I could not see any option to boot into F14.
* At the moment, with all LiveUSBs removed, I was able to boot into F17 only. I could not see any option to boot into F14.
* Boot into F17.
* Boot into F17.
* In one terminal, open the file "/etc/grub2.cfg" (in editable mode). The original contents should be on the lines of
* In one terminal, open the file "/etc/grub2.cfg" (in editable mode). The original contents should be on the lines of
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### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
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* In another terminal, mount F14 on a directory.
* In another terminal, mount F14 on a directory.
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 3696448 Oct 18 2010 vmlinuz-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 3696448 Oct 18 2010 vmlinuz-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686
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* Now, open the contents of "qq/boot/grub/menu.lst"
* Now, open the contents of "qq/boot/grub/menu.lst"
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* Now, in the originally opened "/etc/grub2.cfg", add the entry for boot-option for Fedora-14. Note that
* Now, in the originally opened "/etc/grub2.cfg", add the entry for boot-option for Fedora-14. Take note that
** Replace the UUID, with the UUID of F14 partition (as seen from contents of "qq/boot/grub/menu.lst".
** Replace the UUID, with the UUID of F14 partition (as seen from contents of "qq/boot/grub/menu.lst".
** The arguments to "initrd" shoube of the initramfs of F14 (As seen from the output of <code>ls qq/boot</code>
** The arguments to "initrd" should of the initramfs of F14 (As seen from the output of '''ls qq/boot'''
** <code>hd0,msdos5</code> (corresponding to "/dev/sda5" for F17) is replaced by <code>hd0,msdos6</code> (corresponding to "/dev/sda6" for F14).
** '''hd0,msdos5''' (corresponding to "/dev/sda5" for F17) is replaced by '''hd0,msdos6''' (corresponding to "/dev/sda6" for F14).
** Finally, the command <code> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686 ro root=UUID=333b5104-4f4a-41d9-856a-c7802677bec0 rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet</code> (as seen in <code>qq/boot/grub/menu.lst</code>, used to boot up kernel vis F14's grub) is replaced by <code>linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686 ro root=UUID=333b5104-4f4a-41d9-856a-c7802677bec0 rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet</code> (in <code>/etc/grub2.cfg</code>, since we intend to boot F14 via F17's grub2).
** Finally, the command '''kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686 ro root=UUID=333b5104-4f4a-41d9-856a-c7802677bec0 rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet''' (as seen in '''qq/boot/grub/menu.lst''', used to boot up kernel vis F14's grub) is replaced by '''linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686 ro root=UUID=333b5104-4f4a-41d9-856a-c7802677bec0 rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet''' (in '''/etc/grub2.cfg''', since we intend to boot F14 via F17's grub2).
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#
#
initrd /boot/initramfs-3.3.4-5.fc17.i686.img
initrd /boot/initramfs-3.3.4-5.fc17.i686.img
}
}
### [STARTS] OPTION TO ADD BOOT-UP OPTION FOR F14 ###
menuentry 'Fedora Linux 14' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-333b5104-4f4a-41d9-856a-c7802677bec0' {
menuentry 'Fedora Linux 14' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-333b5104-4f4a-41d9-856a-c7802677bec0' {
load_video
load_video
initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686.img
initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686.img
}
}
### [ENDS] OPTION TO ADD BOOT-UP OPTION FOR F14 ###
submenu 'Advanced options for Fedora Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-1ff89cae-60bc-40fb-9e3c-e16e4850caa3' {
submenu 'Advanced options for Fedora Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-1ff89cae-60bc-40fb-9e3c-e16e4850caa3' {
menuentry 'Fedora Linux, with Linux 3.3.4-5.fc17.i686' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.3.4-5.fc17.i686-advanced-1ff89cae-60bc-40fb-9e3c-e16e4850caa3' {
menuentry 'Fedora Linux, with Linux 3.3.4-5.fc17.i686' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.3.4-5.fc17.i686-advanced-1ff89cae-60bc-40fb-9e3c-e16e4850caa3' {